China Entertainment 2000

“Who am I~

“Remember the havoc in Heaven?”

“I got drunk and broke every rule and never changed…”

The extremely weird rhythm and arrangement filled Cai Zhuoyan’s ears. She didn’t understand it very well and even felt it was… harsh?

Of course, this was her view from the perspective of a general audience.

As a quick idol singer, it was a bit too much to expect her to have any artistic understanding of a song like “Wukong”.

Weird and unpleasant.

This was her first impression of the song.

Especially the rap at the end of this song followed by the chorus...

"Our hero hasn't figured out that his last name is Sun, he has some personal problems and hasn't found his self-esteem yet

"No problem

"He will definitely find a moonlight box and return to Jiangnan, just like Zhou Yi Lianshan Guizang's song

"Now I have a thousand years to practice, don't think about breaking my array of seventy-two changes

"What mortal or soul or demon, don't stop me from guarding my master's life~"

If she didn't look at the lyrics book, she wouldn't know what Fang Datong was rapping about, the tone was far worse than Zhou Yi's--

Or, Zhou Yi's Chinese rap was obviously improved and adapted by himself, which was more in line with the listening experience of Chinese people.

But the problem now is that even if she read the lyrics book, she didn't know what the whole lyrics meant.

The only thing she could understand was the sentence "He will definitely find a moonlight box and return to Jiangnan, just like Zhou Yi Lianshan Guizang's song".

"He will definitely find a moonlight treasure box and return to Jiangnan", which should refer to the scene in "A Chinese Odyssey" where Zixia was boating in a reed marsh when she appeared.

That place is called Shahu, which is half lake and half desert. It is known as "Jiangnan on the Great Wall" because of its scenery. There is no doubt that this is Fang Datong echoing the "A Chinese Odyssey" plot he wrote in the previous lyrics.

As for the last sentence "It's like the song of Zhouyi Lianshan Guizang", it is obviously a tribute to Zhouyi's four-part ascension to the gods, "Zhouyi", "Jiangnan", "Lianshan", and "Guizang".

"You don't need to know too much about the lyrics of R\u0026B, otherwise you might be surprised."

Facing Cai Zhuoyan who was puzzled, Zhou Yi took off his headphones and reminded with a smile: "If you don't believe it, you can find some famous R\u0026B English song lyrics now to see if they are particularly bad."

Many young music critics who claim that R\u0026B is advanced are unwilling to admit that the level of lyrics in many English R\u0026B songs in this category is no different from the normal Douyin divine songs that they despise in China.

While despising the lyrics of the divine songs, this group of people made excuses for the messy and even vulgar lyrics of many English R\u0026B songs.

At the end of the debate, a final conclusion was reached-good songs don't pick lyrics.

Because you can't win the debate on lyrics, you can only debate on music.

After all, whether the lyrics are well written or not is intuitive at a glance, and most people can't tell whether the music is vulgar or wonderful, and whether the arrangement is bad or handsome-the ears of ordinary people only have three intuitive categories: good, ordinary, and garbage.

"Then you still give him a chance to record an album?"

Crunching up the printed lyrics paper and throwing it into the trash can, Cai Zhuoyan was a little curious: "You are optimistic about him?"

"Of course, although his style is not popular, it has a great effect on broadening the popular boundaries of the Chinese music scene." Zhou Yi answered seriously, and the answer sounded quite high-end.

"What about that Fiona Sit? She seems to be a singer of your Warner, and it is said that she will debut next year. What do you think of her?" Thinking of the little slut who accompanied Fang Datong and ended up flirting in front of Zhou Yi intentionally or unintentionally, Asa was a little curious about Zhou Yi's evaluation of her.

After all, this is the Warner singer who will release an album next year, unlike Fang Datong who was promoted by Zhou Yi today.

"Average."

"Average?"

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "Yes."

Anyway, in his opinion, this woman is like this.

Rabbit police officer, the last girl in Hong Kong, and the person that Fang Datong wants but cannot get, these are the three most famous labels on Fiona Sit.

But in fact, his acting and singing are average, and his voice gradually fades away with the passage of time. The only thing that people talk about most is the "famous licker Fang Datong".

Yes, this is just a joke.

You believe that Fang Datong, a Chinese American with many fans in the music circle, is a licker who has been licking for more than ten or twenty years, but it is better to believe that his most popular work is the wizard with a child. He is really a simple virgin who is shy when holding hands.

After the advent of the Internet era, starting with Jay Chou's sunset red chart marketing-

Sister Lang sweetheart Wang Xinling's domineering marketing, Sun Yanzi's team marketing "unpopular singers" set off an archaeological craze, the godfather of abstract ppt Tao Zhe relied on the Internet abstraction to revive, Xiaogang Zhou Chuanxiong began to sell misery, etc., many old singers have rejuvenated their second spring.

Fiona Sit's team and Fang Datong's team also thought of the positioning that they had once tied to each other-more than friends, but less than lovers.

That is, the so-called licker and goddess now.

Just like how TikTok suddenly started to push videos of Fiona Sit and Kris Wu for a while, if you think about it carefully, you will find that the news about these two people before was basically non-existent.

But suddenly from a certain point in time, there were constant push, and not long after that, Xue Kaiqi began to appear on mainland programs; Fang Datong’s team also followed suit, and the topic of dog-licking Fang Datong had not been mentioned in the past ten years. Suddenly it became popular on the Internet——

Then, Fang Datong resumed releasing albums.

Both teams intentionally or unintentionally used this method to intermittently hype up the popularity, solidifying each other's personal labels for easy dissemination.

After all, the parties involved have been friends for more than ten years and know each other well.

In fact, if the marketing is good, Xue Kaiqi can get 100% of the dividends like Sun Yanzi and Wang Xinling.

But she really doesn't have the ability to break out of the music industry. The most famous song "Suzhou River"/"Murong Xue" is not even a hit song that has been widely sung in the mainland.

Even on a niche level, there is a world of difference in the popularity of old songs such as "Three People Travel" and "Spring Breeze" that were unearthed by Fang Datong and became popular...

"Ah sneeze!"

Xue Kaiqi suddenly sneezed when he returned to the recording studio. Fang Datong, who had already passed the state of excitement along the way, casually handed a packet of paper to her: "Do you have a cold?"

"I don't know, maybe it's because the weather is too cold."

Xue Kaiqi, who rubbed his nose, didn't take it seriously, and turned to the man with an excited face: "Zhou Yi is very optimistic about you, and personally gave you a chance to debut. You are so awesome, Datong, I just said You can do it.”

This is the Book of Changes.

They were in Warner Bros., and Zhou Yi's words undoubtedly gave Fang Datong a promotion position invisibly.

In Warner, Zhou Yi still has this lofty status.

After all, he is the living father who makes a steady stream of dollars, the legendary Dinghai Shenzhen.

Seeing his friend talking about this, Fang Datong couldn't hide his joy: "I also had the mentality of giving it a try, but I didn't expect Zhou Yi to really listen. I didn't even have high hopes at first. After all, he was staying in Hong Kong." It won’t last long and I will have to go back to the mainland soon to promote.”

Although the feud with public celebrities helped Zhou Yi save a lot of publicity work, during the album promotion period, he still had to show up every time he was supposed to show up. He even took the time to make a guest appearance on the Chenglong studio to make a public announcement. Appetite, brushed with familiarity.

Coupled with the subsequent impact of the concert, the sales of Zhou Yi's new album "Gui Zang" in various regions in Hong Kong are naturally rising.

On the 15th, when Zhou Yi, who was still in Hong Kong, attended his last Coca-Cola event, the gift from Huang Zhan was finally delivered to him——

A custom-made, burgundy Ferrari sports car that is unique in the world.

Not only are the names of Zhou Yi's four music albums customized on the wheels, there are even labels with Zhou Yi's Chinese and English names in the car, and the interior also has some elements of the albums.

"Zhouyi returned to the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River... Tsk, your gift really exceeded my expectations, Uncle Zhan."

After testing the car, Zhou Yi unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car. He joked to the old man whose face was slightly rosy: "He is running with four albums."

"yes."

Huang Zhan smiled and took care of his hair meticulously: "I will leave it to you from now on. It can be regarded as replacing your broken Mercedes-Benz."

There has been no news about Zhou Yi buying luxury cars since his debut. The only one he was photographed was a black Mercedes-Benz. This is different from many big stars who love to collect luxury cars.

"That Mercedes-Benz has been with me for a long time. No matter how good the Ferrari is, it is just a sports car and not suitable for long-term driving."

Zhou Yi got an advantage and behaved well: "But I am already on the cusp of the storm. If you give me a luxury car, I am afraid that those public officials will find an opportunity to secretly poke fun at me for my pursuit of pleasure."

"If I don't give you away, why don't you just want to have fun?"

"That's not the case. Carpe diem is the most important thing."

The words came out, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

……………………

"Zhou Yi's new love is exposed!" The burgundy figure stuns the emperor! 》

"Willing to admit defeat, Huang Zhan tailor-made a "wife" for Zhou Yi! 》

"Zhou Yi was lost in the sensuality of Hong Kong"

"New song triggers foreign porcelain craze"

"Zhou Yi VS Sun Yanzi, civil war between Warner Twins!" 》

"..."

In Shanghai, Sun Yanzi, who had finished filming the "Kung Fu" crew, was wearing a blue down jacket. He was holding a big bun in his hand and humming it into his mouth. He chewed it while watching the news. Waiting until the end When reading one article, my eyes couldn’t help but stare at the boss.

What is the Gemini Civil War?

Did Zhou Yi and I start a fight?

How come I don't know?

"You two have filmed this year, so when it comes out next year, won't it be a civil war?" On the car seat, a fat woman with glasses pushed up the frame of her glasses and glanced at it before Sun Yanzi could see it. After finishing the report, he immediately told the reason.

"Next year? "Kung Fu" versus "New Police Story"? But Zhou Yi is just a guest appearance, Sister Shan, and the scene is less than ten minutes." Sun Yanzi chewed for a moment, his cheeks were bulging, his lips were red There are also a few pickled cabbage leaves stained on it.

Ji Shengshan, in a legal sense, is Sun Yanzi's real manager.

It's just that Chen Zeshan took over everything before, so she seemed to have no sense of existence, so she was responsible for helping Sun Yanzi and Chen Zeshan.

Now, after Chen Zeshan left, she, who had been working with Sun Yanzi for a long time, officially became Sun Yanzi's official manager, and was also promoted to Warner Artist Department Manager.

"Who cares about this? The gimmick that the two stars will compete in the movie field next year is no better than a cameo? Unless Chenglong has some bigger news than this gimmick.

"In addition, there is one more thing. You can start preparing for the Spring Festival Gala song rehearsal after you return to the imperial capital. We have already received an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala. I signed up for you "Little Lucky", "One Like Summer and One Like Autumn", " "Meet" three songs and see which one the director team will choose for you."

Seeing that Sun Yanzi, who had left the "Kung Fu" crew, had returned to the energetic deer, Ji Shengshan quickly reminded her: "Don't eat or run around during this period, do you understand?"

"Wuhu, I love you Sister Shan."

Sun Yanzi couldn't help but smile when he thought that his next task was the Spring Festival Gala. He almost shouted long live the show.

I have to ask Sister Shan to be nice to me.

"Where is Zhou Yi? Is he still in Hong Kong?"

"No, I came back today. I just flew directly to Changsha to record "Happy Camp" there. After recording, I went to Ronggui's hometown in Shangrao to finish the concert there."

Because Zhou Yi himself is definitely determined to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, it can be said that there is only one thing he will review - whether to give out new songs.

This Spring Festival Gala will start on January 27, 2004, which means that rehearsals for song and dance programs will not begin until the beginning of January, so there is still plenty of time.

Without seeing Zhou Yi's new song, Ji Shengshan didn't dare to guarantee that Zhou Yi would not need multiple rehearsals.

"However, Zhou Yi's Ferrari has been shipped back to the imperial capital first. Cheng Hao is busy with work, so he asked you to pick it up."

"Damn! This big dog!"

When Sun Yanzi heard about Ferrari, he was immediately angry and filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.

She is also rich and likes to go shopping in the mall when she is in a bad mood.

But an over-the-top luxury product like a Ferrari is still a bit too high for her. She recently fell in love with a camera that cost tens of thousands of dollars and was reluctant to buy it, let alone something worth millions like a Ferrari.

Most of the money she earned was spent on buying a house in Singapore. Not only did she buy a big house for her family, but she also bought several properties of her own——

Learned from Zhouyi.

There is no way, after all, what she earns is not US dollars, and she has to set aside part of the expenses to maintain the team.

Originally, Zhou Yi was so rich that he didn't have a lot of luxury cars, and he only had a little more house. As a result, she got a Ferrari for free, and she admitted that she was really sad.

It wasn’t just her. When the details of Zhou Yibai’s customized Ferrari were exposed one by one by the Hong Kong media, the media that reprinted the news back to the mainland immediately received a huge amount of traffic——

"Damn! It's really a free gift?!"

"Is this old man Huang Zhan senile? Don't you regard money as money?"

"Nonsense, people are dying, and there's no use keeping money."

"Reason tells me that Zhou Yi deserves this, but the reality makes me feel so sour. That's a Ferrari..."

With the encouragement of public groups hiding in the dark, many media reports focused on highlighting Zhou Yi's own Ferrari worth millions.

It was on this day that while Warner officially filed a new round of lawsuits, it also did not forget to exaggerate and publicize a piece of good news——

"Foreign porcelain craze, Chinatown is sold out!" 》

"As Chinese, we may have all been accustomed to the existence of porcelain. But overseas, porcelain, especially blue and white porcelain, these traditional Chinese famous porcelains, are not accustomed to people.

""Blue and White Porcelain" is now at the top of the Chinese song download list in the Zhouyi Foreign Apple Music Store, and it has also driven an increase in the turnover of porcelain sales stores in the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries..."

Is "Blue and White Porcelain" popular abroad?

Compared with English songs horizontally, they are definitely not popular.

But if you want to compare Chinese songs vertically, they are too popular.

Zhou Yi's super popularity has allowed this Chinese song to have a unique charm. It has attracted as many as 700,000 paid downloads of singles in the US Apple Music Store alone, and even boosted the sales of physical albums - a lot People are rushing to buy Zhou Yi’s MV.

Especially for the MV of "Blue and White Porcelain", many Zhouyi fans are the ones chasing the trend, and this trend is undoubtedly led by Blue and White Porcelain.

The MV for "Blue and White Porcelain" not only features male and female protagonists, but also a variety of beautiful porcelain.

For fans of Zhouyi, this is undoubtedly a symbol of an idol.

Originally, his fans tend to be young and student-oriented, and people of this age are often the ones who are most likely to spread certain trends. Over time, the sales of Chinese porcelain stores in big cities such as New York and Los Angeles have repeatedly exceeded the rigid figures in the past.

It doesn’t need to be popular across the United States, it just needs to be popular among Zhou Yi’s die-hard fans, and that’s enough for stores to be caught off guard and sell out in a short time.

"Damn, Lao Yuan, do you still have celadon? Give me some?

"What? You haven't sold it yet? What about the others? As long as it's a little bit, I can trick them into buying it.

"Fuck! All sold out???"

Los Angeles, a Chinese porcelain store.

Tony Tang, the boss who never thought that he would see this day, touched the sparse hair on the top of his head and was almost dying of anxiety.

His purchase volume has always been in accordance with the usual quota, and there has been no mistake for so many years. However, this year he encountered an accident - a sudden surge in sales volume.

Originally, there were few stores selling porcelain in this area, and even fewer selling Chinese porcelain. As a result, certain varieties were sold out.

He wanted to dye the other porcelain in the store and put it out for sale.

"Nonsense, who knew Zhou Yi was so powerful? His popularity in the United States is ridiculously high. This arrogant strongman character is too appealing to the new generation of American young people." On the other end of the phone, Lao Yuan, who is also the shop owner, said something in his tone. Somewhat sad.

"Mainly in terms of next year's Oscar nomination and Grammy nomination, Warner is sparing no effort to help him build momentum. This directly leads to the fact that he is not in the United States, but the news and the records he has set often appear in newspapers, constantly refreshing his sense of existence."

There are only more than two months left before the Grammy and Oscar awards ceremonies, the two most watched awards shows in the United States, will start in February next year, and the necessary public relations have already begun. Under such circumstances, Zhou Yi's attention continues to increase, and the newly released Chinese album will naturally receive more attention.

Several leading actors in "Pirates of the Caribbean" have bought "Return to Tibet" to express their support for Zhou Yi. Stars such as Scarlett Johansson and Mariah Carey, who are famous for their sexiness, and are closely related to Zhou Yi also posted photos on their blogs. Support, which also led to some die-hard fans among them.

The buff is full, which creates a rising porcelain fever.

"Hey, listen, it seems to me that this song is not about real blue and white porcelain. Believe me, I am a super rich man and I have seen many, many beautiful porcelains, including those from China.

"Tear it down, you know?"

In Lao Yuan's shop, on the TV that was turned on, a rich man with blond hair, who loved to be popular in news, variety shows, and film and television dramas, was being interviewed by reporters. He pulled his hands together as if playing an accordion——

"I know China and I know porcelain. Believe me, no one here knows how to dismantle it better than me.

"This is actually just a marketing campaign by Warner. They just want to build Spike's brand so that they can build momentum for his Grammys and Oscars in more than two months and further raise the banner of representing Asians.

"I would say this is really stupid, and if I were him, I would never market myself in this way."